Green thumb?

When we were visiting my in-laws over Labor Day weekend, we visited the retirement community. Of course, Theodore was a bit hit. He seemed into the watering can ... so we'll see if he gets his mom's brown-ish thumb or his grandma's black thumb. Or if he goes more along the lines of Uncle Paul or Auntie Karen with a more green color to that thumb.

Peach pancakes :) :) :)

OOOOh, let's talk about this.


Use your favorite pancake recipe. Cut a peach into rings (pretty thin ones). Push it down into the batter, cook as you normally would.

Tasty, tasty, tasty!!!

I did this quite a bit in Aug/Sept when we had a lot of fresh peaches. :)

Frame project

I wish I could take credit for this clever project, but I got the idea for the frames from my friend, Nicole. Wall inspiration HERE.


Most of these frames are from ebay. Metal frames, with sort of decorative edges.





This is me + dad. I think I'll get a black and white version of it for a frame, but am not quite sure.


SO .... took all of the frames to the garage.


Spray painted them.

Should have taped newspaper together, some lines from between the papers crept onto the floor. Oh well.


I am really digging the finished look, and can't wait to get the middle bedroom painted and some photos in these frames and the frames up on the wall!

Extra hour

I'm using my "extra hour" tonight to do some pre-bloogging.

I have lots to blog, but have waited to download stuff from my 'purse' camera. Some of this stuff dates to August! So stay tuned!

Sooooooo close :(

There was a chance of snow last night in Wichita.

The ever compassionate Baby Paul sent this along to me.






Stinker pants.

I have another 10 days or so left in my slot for this year, but it looks like it'll stay warm. :(

Crossover

Well, I was in Wichita last week, shooting an engagement session and have had other sessions hanging around, too.


There's also a senior I photographed a few weeks ago.




Yes, fall is definitely here.

Sup, kid?

We had a lot of family in a few weeks ago for the Heartland open house.


Look who was excited to see me after it was all said and done?


The best part about him? He doesn't submissively pee on the floor. ;) (a la our dog)

I was in Wichita the last two days doing portrait sessions, and hung w/ Theodore a bit. Poor kid is working on ear infection #2 in the space of a month. So, safe to say, he wasn't as smiley when I saw him yesterday.

I'm not being neglectful ...

Things are just kinda busy around here. Lots of photographic stuff going on, and then when I'm not up to my ears in photos, I'm trying to spend some time with Erik. So please pardon my sparse posting. OK? :)

From this weekend's wedding:

The dates are in!!!!!

Alrighty!

We opened snow dates yesterday, and here's the 2011 rundown:

Karen: Now - Nov. 10 at Noon
Paul: Nov. 10 at Noon - Nov. 10 at Midnight
Robin: Nov. 11 - Nov. 16
Grandpa Benny: Nov. 17 - Nov. 23
Carl: Nov. 14 - Nov. 29 at Noon
Wayne: Nov. 29 at Noon - Dec. 6 at Noon
Erik: Dec. 6 at Noon - Dec. 12 at Noon
Chris: Dec. 12 at Noon - Dec. 16 at Noon
Kathy: Dec. 16 at Noon - next year

For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, you can read a bit about the contest HERE.

I gotta say, my dates are early ... after this hot summer, it's a bit of a risk. But we'll see. I really like Erik's dates. I think he has a really good shot. This year, everyone (except for poor Paul) has a really good spread of dates ... so let the games begin! Or, more clearly, let the SNOW START FALLING!!! :)

And in an effort to have a more neutral source for the weather/snow, Dad tromped around to the TV stations and tried to talk to meteorologists; all of whom wouldn't even see him. Even if he'd wait. Nope, they didn't want any part of this madness. He finally found a sympathetic ear at the airport, and they have some sort of hour by hour observation of the weather ... so this seems to be a good solution, because there is ALWAYS arguing & bickering about if it snowed or not.

Imagine that. ;)

Crossover — Odds & Ends

Well, it's that time of year again. It starts to get CRAZY around here!

First, let me invite everyone to our Heartland Photography Open House this Sunday in Salina. :)

This is come and go, so if you have small kids who won't want to hang out for more than 20-30 minutes, there are ample other things to do if you come up this way .... you could go to Rolling Hills, go check out Lindsborg, go to the Cozy Inn (but eat OUTSIDE, don't go inside).

Things have been full around here, and we're completely blessed to be booking like crazy for 2012 weddings. I know, next summer feels like eons away, but I'm already putting items on my calendar. And am thankful to be doing so!

As of late, I've been up to:


Alex & Seth's Engagement Session


Molly's Senior Portraits


Cindy & Patrick's Family


Kim & Tim's Engagement